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16:00 11/10/2019

Statement from Assistant Chief Constable Russ Jackson following the incident today in the Manchester Arndale Centre.

Transcript:

At 11.15am this morning (Friday 11 October 2019), a man entered the Arndale Shopping Centre in Manchester City Centre.

 

He was armed with a large knife and as he entered Exchange Court, he began lunging and attacking people with the weapon.

 

Two unarmed Police Community Support Officers were in Exchange Court and attempted to confront the attacker.

 

He then chased them with the knife as the officers were calling for urgent assistance.

 

The man attacked people around him and we understand five people were injured by him.  Although the injuries are nasty, we are told that thankfully none are life threatening.

 

We know there were lots of people in the Arndale at the time and people can help us by sending us any images or footage they have taken at the scene via the GMP web site.

 

This is a truly shocking incident, injuring a number of people and deeply frightening hundreds more.

 

We can reassure people that the emergency services response was rapid and we have the man we believe to be the attacker safely in custody.

 

We will now be working to understand why the man committed this awful attack.

 

Other officers, both armed and unarmed, quickly responded and within five minutes he was challenged and detained by armed officers on Market Street outside the Arndale centre.

 

He was initially arrested on suspicion of serious assault.  He was taken into police custody and has now been arrested on suspicion of commissioning, preparation and instigation of an act of terrorism.

 

We do not yet know the motivation for this terrible attack, it appears random, is certainly brutal and of course extremely frightening for anyone who witnessed it.

 

We have arrested a man in his 40’s on suspicion of terrorism because of the nature and circumstances of this attack.

 

This is bound to bring back memories of the awful events of 2017.

 

At this time we do not believe there is anyone else involved in this attack, but we will be constantly reviewing this.

 

We have specially trained officers supporting those injured during the attack.

 

We will have increased patrols, including armed patrols, in the city this weekend.  This is to reassure people, we do not believe there is a wider threat at this time and we are hoping to return the city centre to normality by tomorrow morning.

Statement from Assistant Chief Constable Russ Jackson following the incident today in the Manchester Arndale Centre.

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